Growing number of
opportunities for women
to play university hockey.
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Laura Mueller

laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - In a surprise
move after nine years as premier of Ontario, on Oct. 15 Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty announced he is stepping down as premier.
The 57-year-old was the first
provincial premier who called
Ottawa home.
“That was historic for our
community to have a premier,”
said Ottawa West-Nepean MPP
Bob Chiarelli, a close colleague
of McGuinty’s.
McGuinty asked party president Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre, to convene a leadership convention at the earliest
opportunity. McGuinty said he
will remain leader and premier
until a new Liberal leader is
found and he will remain as the
MPP for Ottawa South until
the next election – a seat he has
held for 22 years.
Chiarelli said there was a
general sense that this term
would be a “transitional time”
for McGuinty, but the news
he was stepping down was a
surprise and came sooner than
expected.
“As the party and government of relentless progress,
we’re always looking for new
ideas and ways to renew ourselves,” McGuinty’s speech
read. “And I’ve concluded that
this is the right time for Ontario’s next Liberal premier and
our next set of ideas to guide
our province forward.”
Having a local MPP leading the provincial government
for nine years has “paid off
big time” for Ottawa, Chiarelli
said.
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Hot wheels
Ben Perkins, left, tries to keep the ball away from Kevin McEwen during the Parasport Festival at Carleton University on
Oct. 9. The members of the Ottawa Stingers wheelchair rugby team were giving demonstrations and talking to interested participants at the festival. The Stingers practice in Ottawa at the Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre gym, the Fisher
Park Community Centre and Louis Riel High School. The Ottawa Stingers play in Quebec and Ontario tournaments, and
planned to leave for Las Vegas to compete several days after the Parasport Festival.

Ottawa set to host hockey championship
Eddie Rwema

eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news - Hockey fans
in Ottawa are just six months
away from having a unique
chance to see the world’s most
talented hockey female players in action.
From April 2 to 9, Ottawa
will host the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation
Women’s World Championship at the Scotiabank Place
and the Nepean Sportsplex.
The event will feature the top
10 women teams from around
the globe vying for the world

championship.
At a press conference on
Oct. 11, the federal government announced it was supporting the event to the tune of
$500,000.
“Hosting the 2013 IIHF
Ice Hockey Women’s World
Championship will not only
provide an economic boost to
the Ottawa region, it will also
demonstrate that Canada is
truly a leading sport nation,”
said Bal Gosal, minister of
state for sport.
He said the government was
pleased to support an event
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on home soil, as they continue
to be a huge inspiration to a
younger generation of hockey
players.
”Hosting this amazing event
will keep the momentum going
around women’s hockey while
allowing players to compete in
a world class tournament here
at home,” he said.
The announcement came
as countries around the world
marked the first International
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generations of girls to try
hockey and stay in the game,
said Fran Rider, president of
the Ontario Women’s Hockey
Association.
The first-ever women’s
world championship was hosted by Ottawa 23 years ago,
with Canada claiming it’s very
first women’s championship
gold medal.
“This is going to be a tremendous event for the people
of Ottawa,” said Mayor Jim
Watson.
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Ottawa charity lights the night
Gabrielle Tieman

EMC news - Four thousand
balloon clad, banner-wielding and cheering participants
raised almost $350,000 for
blood cancer research during
Ottawa’s Light the Night walk
Saturday evening, Oct. 13.
“Canada has more than
100,000 people living with
or in remission from blood
cancer,” said Andrea Swinton, the executive director of
the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society of Canada. “Since our

first Ottawa walk in 2010, we
have raised over $1 million
for research.”
The third-annual event featured a leisurely walk along
the canal where participants
carried illuminated balloons
to light the path - white for
survivors, red for supporters,
and gold in memory of those
lost.
When Lesia Maruschak was
diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2010,
she said information about the
disease fed her fears. Now one

everyone who was there for a
loved one.
“Everyone here is sad for
a similar reason,” said Macrae. “It’s nice to bring all of
these people together for a
joint cause. It gains awareness while acting as a support
group.”
Funds raised by walkers
will help provide lifesaving
blood cancer research, free
educational materials for patients and families and comprehensive personal assistance
across Canada.

of this year’s honoured heroes
for Light the Night, Maruschak and her team of 55 raised
more than $28,000.
“Cancer changed who I
am,” said Maruschak. “Getting involved in Light the
Night has changed how I feel
about my diagnosis and how
I live day to day. This event
shows why research and patient support is so important.”
For cousins Keith Wilde
and Megan Macrae, the walk
was not only about supporting
Wilde’s dad, but supporting

There will be 10 fundraiser
walks from Victoria to Halifax.

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Cousins Keith Wilde and Megan Macrae were two of
thousands turned out in support of blood cancer research
during Ottawa’s Light the Night Walk on Oct. 13.

When McGuinty became
the provincial Liberal party’s
leader 16 years ago, the Ontario Liberals had won just
one election in 50 years.
“We were in the wilderness, and he brought us back.
He brought us back in style
and I think with tremendous
credibility,” Chiarelli said.
“He delivered big time to this
community.”
Other Ottawa-area politicians with Liberal affiliations
weren’t available for com-

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The evening announcement came amid opposition
accusations that McGuinty
misled the legislature over
power plant cancellations that
will cost taxpayers upwards
of $230 million and pressure
from teachers’ unions over his
efforts to freeze their wages
and take away their ability to
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tion’s blocking of a publicsector wage freeze bill as his
reasons for stepping aside.
“It has nothing to do with
that, and everything to do
with a decision that Terri and
I have made,” McGuinty told
reporters late Monday night.
“It’s time for us to return to
our own lives, and it’s time for
me to make an effort to renew
the leadership of our party.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson,
who served as a provincial
cabinet minister under McGuinty, said the premier never
forgot his Ottawa roots when
he went to Queen’s Park and
as a result, the city has benefitted from hundreds of projects
that would not have happened
without his support, including

hospitals, schools and infrastructure projects.
McGuinty also asked Lt.Gov. David Onley to prorogue
the legislature “to allow those
discussions with our labour
partners and the opposition to
occur in an atmosphere that is
free of the heightened rancour
of politics in the legislature.”
Progressive Conservative
leader Tim Hudak expressed
his thanks to McGuinty for his
service to Ontario. But he criticized McGuinty’s decision to
ask for the legislature to be
suspended, saying it prevents
“critical work” that needs to
be done to address job creation and the province’s debt.
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“To have the best women
hockey players in the world
coming to compete in our
home town is not only great

for the teams, but it is going to
be even better for those young
girls who are aspiring to participate in the national, international and Olympic level.
It is going to inspire the next

generation of young hockey
players to get involved.”
On hand for the announcement were Canadian players
Meghan Agosta and Tessa
Bonhomme, who have been

It just takes time.”
The 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey
Women’s World Championship is being hosted in partnership by Hockey Canada,
the Ontario Women’s Hockey
Association and Senators
Sports and Entertainment.
“We look forward to seeing fans fill our arenas to
watch the top female players
from across the globe take to
the ice this April,” said Cyril
Leeder, president of Senators
Sports and Entertainment.
He added that he expects the
tournament to be another record setting event.
“The 2013 IIHF Women’s

World Championship here
in Ottawa will be the largest
congregation and celebration of women’s hockey ever
staged,” said Leeder.
“We have a number of
high-level goals for this event
and one of them is to set an attendance record and to establish a new record of 200,000
people attending this event
that will surpass the record
set in Winnipeg in 2007.”
They also hope to generate
$30 million in economic activity, a million higher from
what was generated from
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involved with the national
team since 2004.
A two-time Olympic gold
medalist and top scorer in
the history of National Collegiate Athletic Association
women’s hockey, Agosta said
wearing the Canada jersey is
always both an honour.
“It is not a right. It is a
privilege,” she said. “Playing for the national team has
always been my dream, ever
since I was six years old and
to be able to put on that jersey the first time was a dream
come true.”
Agosta hopes she can inspire as many young women
to be as successful as she has
been.
“If I can inspire somebody
to do something special, then
I will be honoured,” she said.
“It is not about the gold medals that we have won, it is
about inspiring somebody to
do something special in their
lives.”
For Bonhomme, women’s
hockey has come a long way.
In 20 years from now, she
hopes women will have a fully-functioning professional
league, one that not only has
a high-level competition that
there is now, but one that also
has packed rinks.
“We have the product and
we showed it in Vancouver,”
she said.
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Herongate tenants win battle for rebate, repairs
Eddie Rwema

eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Landlord and Tenant Board
has awarded tenants living
with mould on their windows and holes in their walls
in the Herongate area more
than $75,000 in rebates and
repairs.
For
months,
Ottawa
ACORN (Association of
Community Organizations
for Reform Now) has been
lobbying to force property
owners to put much-needed
repairs into homes and apartments in the Herongate community.
On Oct. 2, members of
ACORN called a press conference to announce what
they called â&#x20AC;&#x153;celebrating a
winâ&#x20AC;? against a landlord in
Herongate.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are here to celebrate
some victories that we have
had with our rental abetments and to thank all our
volunteers who helped us
over time dealing with the
rent abetments,â&#x20AC;? said Mavis
Finnamore, ACORN member, adding that the group has
had a 95 per cent success rate
in pleading out their cases.
So far 31 cases have gone
through or are still pending
at the Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landlord
and Tenant Board, according

to ACORN.
Finnamore said she hoped
their success would encourage other tenants to go after
landlords who are slow with
repairs.
In previous years, property owners Transglobe REIT
and Starlight Properties have
come under pressure to perform repairs to the housing
complex.
Timbercreek Asset Management now owns most of
the highrises in Herongate
since June and some tenants
said conditions have been
slowly improving.
Derek Rider, Timbercreekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regional manager,
said the rebates and repairs
ACORN referred to was for
rulings since February for all
Herongate properties, not for
any one individual property
owner.â&#x20AC;Ż
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timbercreek has been an
owner and manager of some
properties in this community
since July,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As part
of the Herongate community,
Timbercreek has appeared at
the tribunal mostly as a result
of carryover from the previous property owners.â&#x20AC;?
He added that Timbercreeks exchange with
ACORN has been a positive
and productive one.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We value the feedback
from ACORN and all mem-

bers of our community on
what we can do to make
this a fantastic place for our
residents to call home,â&#x20AC;? said
Rider.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made huge
strides here in the Herongate
community and are particularly proud of the positive
words and letters of thanks
and support weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received
from our residents since we
acquired this property just
over three months ago.â&#x20AC;?
Last month, Timbercreek
organized an appreciation
day to show their thanks to
the residents.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This event had a phenomenal turnout and was an
excellent opportunity for the
residents to engage with us
in a positive environment.
We continue to look forward to building a partnership with our residents as we
work to strengthen our community,â&#x20AC;? said Rider.
In the past, dozens of
ACORN members have
worked with pro-bono lawyers, law students and professors to force landlords to
act on issues of repairs.
Finnamore said she hopes
their case will set a precedent
and make the city create a
bylaw that would create a
minimum standard for residential properties.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are quite a lot of

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From left, George Brown, ACORN legal council, Daniel Tucker-Simmons, law
student at the University of Ottawa, Suzanne Bouclin and David Wiseman
professors at the University of Ottawa faculty of law attend an ACORN press
conference on Oct. 2.
problems that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re developing here and repairs were
simply not done,â&#x20AC;? she said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is a tremendous sign of
success and makes me think,
yes, we can make this area
beautiful as it was once.â&#x20AC;?
Finnamore credits their
success to the dedication and

solidarity of all the volunteers, who included Daniel
Tucker-Simmons, a secondyear law student at the University of Ottawa.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a huge eye-opening experience. We encountered tremendous difficulties
that low- and middle-income

people face in terms of trying
to assert their rights to decent
housing,â&#x20AC;? said Tucker-Simmons.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We learned that unless
people demand their rights
and take action to places like
the tribunal, their rights are
not going to be respected.â&#x20AC;?

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EMC news - As part of an
ongoing campaign of health
promotion, a team from the
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health participated in
Ottawa’s Run For the Cure on
Sept. 30.
Even though the weather
wasn’t completely cooperating, Carlie Chase, the director
of initiatives at the centre and
her team took part in the annual run to help raise money
for breast cancer.
“It was amazing event,”
Chase said. “We had everyone
from all ages participating on
our team and it was great.”
The team participated not
only to raise funds for breast
cancer treatment and research,
but also to promote healthy
living among members of the
Wabano community.

The running group is one
of the three fitness groups the
centre organizes weekly.
“Healthy individuals make
healthy communities,” Chase
said.
The centre has a “booty”
class, which focuses on interval training, and its Pow Wow
Pump aerobics class.
Some of the team members
had never ran a five kilometres
before, but Chase was happy
to report everybody successfully completed the run.
Chase invites others to participate in the groups and said
the running group will continue throughout the month of
October, but may change its
format a little.
More information about
the health programs from the
centre is available online at
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joined the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health’s weekly
running group.

EMC sports - Ottawa
Swans Australian Football
Club centre Emma Dickinson capped off a tremendous
season when she landed this
season’s Ontario Australian
Football League rookie of the
year award.
The 25-year-old Mooney’s
Bay resident joined the newly established Ottawa Swans
women’s club this year and it
didn’t take her long to cement
her position on the team and
to help the Swans to place
second in the regular season.
“It was very cool to be
able to receive the rookie
of the year award. I was extremely honoured given that
most players in the league
this year were rookies,” said
Dickinson.
The Swans play in the
Ontario Australian Football
League (OAFL), which is one
of the biggest leagues outside
of Australia.
This year was special however, as it was the first time
that Ottawa, and several other
Ontario clubs fielded women’s teams in the league.
“It was more profound because the entire league is essentially a league of rookies,”
said Dickinson.
The former Brookfield
High School student was
involved in the game a few
months ago and said it is
great to see it picking up momentum in Ontario.
“I have played almost everything under the sun - rugby, soccer, volleyball, basketball, you name it. I have tried
everything and though this
game is obscure in Canada
and not well known, it really
suits me and it came naturally
to me,” she said.
“I wish I had known about
it sooner, I could have been
playing this game for years.”
Dickinson credits her success to having a good background in athletics.
“Yes, it was tough and I
worked hard on the field, but
I think I was fortunate to be

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Emma Dickinson, in her national team jersey, shows off her trophy for winning the
provincial league’s women’s rookie of the year trophy. Dickinson, 25, took the honours
in the Ontario Australian Rules Football League at the league banquet on Sept. 22.
named the rookie of the year,”
she said.
Australian football is
played between two teams
with an oval shaped ball.
Each team has 18 players on
the field at once for the four,
20-minute quarters, though
women play under modified
rules in OAFL games. Points
are scored by kicking the ball
through end zone posts, and
the fast-paced game doesn’t
have the traditional downs
stoppages American football
has.
Dickinson plays centre and
her role is to rove the entire
field, following the ball and
moving it from the defence to
the offence.
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This summer, Dickinson
and five of her teammates
were named to the national
team for the 49th Parallel
Cup held in Dublin, Ohio.
The Canadian national
team, was formed in 2007
and is known as the “Northern Lights”.
“It was a huge honour to
play for the national team. I
had never imagined I would
be a national-level calibre
and I was very excited about
that,” said Dickinson.
Chris Lockhart, Ottawa
Swans women’s head coach
was full of praise for Dickinson.
“She is a fantastic leader
on and off the field, and the
Swans are lucky to have her
in our organization. I look
forward to seeing what she

brings to the pitch next season,” said Lockhart, a former
men’s national team player.
“Emma was a real pleasure to
coach. She is very competitive, and determined. She is
an amazingly talented athlete.”
Being selected for team
Canada was not only an
achievement for Dickinson,
but for the Ottawa Swans
club as well, he said.
“It’s a great accomplishment to be selected for team
Canada, and named the rookie of the year for the OAFL
all in the same season,” he
said. “I’m extremely proud
to be a part of her success as
her coach, it’s a great feeling
when I see my players progress and take the skills that
I have taught them and put
them into action with their
own creative spin.”

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ockey starved fans
will soon be treated to a feast, when
Ottawa plays host
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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Championship next
April.
The games will take place
at the Nepean Sportsplex and
Scotiabank Place from April
2 to 9, with the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top
10 teams competing for the
world championship.
The tournament comes
as welcome news to a city
struggling with the loss of

revenue from the National
Hockey League lockout.
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long the lockout will last â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it
could range anywhere from a
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ey championship is expected
to generate $30 million in
economic activity, according
to Cyril Leeder, president of
Senators Sports and Entertainment, one of the hosts of
the tournament during a press
conference on Oct. 11.
The games are also
expected to bring in an
estimated 200,000 spectators,
he said.
Spectators who will rent
hotel rooms, purchase food at
restaurants and buy gas at gas
stations, boosting the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

economy and encouraging
temporary job creation.
The last time a Canadian
city hosted the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
world hockey championship,
in 2007, the games generated
$29 million in the city of
Winnipeg.
The games also promise
some exciting hockey, with
the best players in the world
competing for their countries.
Some of these players
will be putting on the Team
Canada jersey for the first
time and competing for their

country on an international
stage, an honour that overshadows any medal count or
the amount of money generated by the tournament.
Fans will also be treated to
a revival of the long-standing
rivalry between Team Canada
and Team USA, traditionally two of the best teams in
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey.
The tournament will
also serve to inspire a new
generation of hockey players,
some of whom may aspire
to one day compete on a na-

tional and international stage.
Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
hockey does not receive the
same amount of coverage or
support as menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey.
If the NHL lockout wipes
out the 2012-13 season,
people wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be distracted by
the playoffs, giving a boost
to the profile and fan base of
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey.
The federal government
has announced it will support
the tournament to the tune
of $500,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a welcome
investment in our national
sport.
The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world hockey championship serves as a
reminder that NHL hockey
isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only game in town.

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Life in a super-sized society
CHARLES
GORDON
Funny Town

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e may not be getting better but
weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly getting bigger.
You realize this every time you
go shopping. Look how big the
shopping cart is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; way bigger than it used to
be. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pushing a truck down the
aisle. The stuff you put in it is big too.
And we should have mentioned how big
the store is. If you walked from one side to the
other without stopping to put any big items
in your big cart it would still take you five
minutes.
The store is big because it has a big selection â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not just groceries, but chairs and TV
sets and toys and pharmaceutical stuff. Some
of those things are bigger than you expected
to find in a grocery store, but fortunately you
have a big cart.
You pay your big bucks and wheel the big
cart out to the parking lot, which is really big.
Most of the cars in it are big too. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good
thing for carrying big groceries, maybe not so
good in other respects.
In fact, there are a whole lot of respects in
which big is questioned, but not by too many
people yet. When â&#x20AC;&#x153;bigâ&#x20AC;? is used as an adjective
in our society it means â&#x20AC;&#x153;good.â&#x20AC;?
Then you drive onto the big highway that
goes where small neighbourhoods used to be.
It would all be alarming if you suddenly arrived from a place where things were smaller,
but those of us who have been around here for
a while have got used to all this bigness.
Look what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting in Ottawa: more
big buildings, a big development at Lansdowne
Park, a big casino. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see politicians

bragging about the small things theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve created. They may have forgotten how to do that.
Big is all around us. When we go to the
movies it is to a big building with many big
theatres inside with wide seats and ample
legroom. When we order snacks at the movies
the small popcorn is huge and so is the small
drink.
It is no surprise that people are getting to be
pretty big too. A lot of experts worry abut that,
but how do you expect people to stay small in
such a big environment?
Not that everything is big. Some things
that we wish were big arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, such as parking
spaces.
And then there are airplanes. About the only
place where we are treated as if we were small
is on airplanes. The seats are narrow and the
legroom is only adequate for children. Those
of us who are not children feel as if we have
accidentally stumbled onto the wrong plane,
a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plane. Maybe somewhere on the
tarmac is the proper plane, a grown-upsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plane
with seats that fit us and aisles where two
grown-ups can walk by each other.
But on this airplane we just feel too big
now. The feeling intensifies when we are
brought a meal. It is on a tiny tray with little
utensils wrapped in plastic which we find there
is no place to put once removed. Our fingers
are too big to perform the tasks demanded of
them. We are all thumbs and the thumbs are
too big, too.
You know the feeling. As you wrestle with
all of this your shoulders collide with the
shoulders of the person next to you. Somewhere inside one of the bits of plastic are a tiny
plastic fork, a tiny plastic knife, a tiny salt and
a tiny pepper and something to wipe up any
food you might spill if you are ever able to get
it unwrapped.
You wish, while you struggle, that you were
in a giant movie theatre with a small (big) popcorn and a small (big) drink and that the movie
theatre could fly.
You appreciate bigness suddenly, except for
your own.

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The secret to tackling life in an effortless way

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veryone says you
canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aspire to be
superwoman.
But I have a friend
who really seems to do it all,
and more. I love this friend. I
canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be her, but I love her. She
has four children, including a
newborn and a toddler. In her
day job, she runs a communications department. While
on maternity leave, since July,
she has filled her pantry cellar
with preserves. At a glance, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d
guess there are 100-plus jars
of jam, chutney, pears, peaches

BRYNNA
LESLIE
Capital Muse
and fruit cocktail in there.
Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done this while breastfeeding full-time and working
on her MBA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you know, in
her spare time.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it make you sick?â&#x20AC;?

an elderly relative asked me
recently.
On the contrary, it makes
me inspired.
We recently spent the
weekend at her house. I took

advantage of an extremely
comfortable gliding rocking
chair and foot stool, rocking
my baby to sleep constantly,
while she served me gourmet
coffees and delectable homemade muffins. (I have no idea
where they came from. They
just sort of appeared).
On the morning of Thanksgiving, I asked if I could help.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nope,â&#x20AC;? she replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m
good. And just so you know
itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to be all stressful until lunchtime. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just
going to pop in and out of the

kitchen as needed, but you
probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even notice me
cooking a turkey.â&#x20AC;?
Fine with me. Had I been
cooking, everyone would
know it. It would be chaos
for four hours and the turkey
would very likely come out
overcooked and two hours
late. So I went out for a walk
in the sun, and then retired
to my rocking chair for the
morning, sipping gourmet
coffee after delectable gourmet
coffee.
I started watching the way

she worked and thinking
about the secrets to success in
life. And by success, I mean
accomplishing a lot in a day,
being healthy, having four
healthy children, earning a
good income and developing
oneself academically â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all
things which my friend is
doing at the same time, in an
effortless way.
I noticed a few things. For
one, she is extremely good at
thinking ahead.
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Balance key to managing family life
Continued from page 9

EDDIE RWEMA/METROLAND.

Grade 2 teacher Richard says Project Love has been inspiring children to think globally,
act locally and make a difference.

EMC news – For the past
three years, students at Pleasant Park Public School have
assembled kits of school supplies that are shipped to children in need in poor countries,
across Africa and the Caribbean through a Project Love.
Through Project Love students learn about global issues
through curriculum-based activities, fundraising, and making kits of school supplies
for students in developing
countries. Each kit includes a
pencil, eraser, notebook, ruler
and a personal letter from a
Canadian student to the kit’s
recipient.
Grade 2 teacher Richard
Thibault, has coordinated the
project before and he is once
again spearheading efforts to
raise funds to purchase school
supplies.
This year’s school supply
kits will be sent to Ethiopia
where educational resources
are scarce.
“Right now we are spending time with our group of
leaders on educating them on
the different needs in Ethiopia
and how we are able to help
them,” said Thibault.
The project empowers Canadian children to act as global
citizens. Students learn about
the challenges their peers in

Thibault said he hopes the
project helps children to be
aware of how other people
are struggling and to know
that doing something to help
is crucial.
“I am trying to teach them
that helping others is important. These kids give up a
couple of their lunch hours
and they have made huge differences in other kids’ lives,”
he said.
“I just wish they can see the
reaction of the people on the
receiving end.”
The goal of Project Love
at Pleasant Park this year is to
raise $900.
According to Thibault,
students and staff at Pleasant
Park are excited and are looking forward to realizing their
goal.
“The kids are quite motivated and are happy being part
of the project,” he said.

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at delegating tasks that can
be delegated. If the turkey
isn’t served up perfectly, no
matter, at least it got to the
table and it’s delicious. If
the kids need to spend some
time with a babysitter while
she works on an essay, that’s
what needs to be done.
If I have two hands to
tackle the dinner dishes, she
fully expects, or asks, that it
be done.
I came home from my
weekend away well-rested
and full, not to mention
inspired.
I spent the next two days
baking and making soup and
working on that book I’ve
(actually, never) wanted to
write. I went for brisk walks
in the mornings and tried
doing things in snippets like
my friend does. I’ve accomplished a lot and, you know,
it feels good.
Next on my to-do list?
Purchase one of those gliding rocking chairs. After all,
it’s all about balance.

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other parts of the world face
and understand that the kits of
school supplies they send can
make a real difference.
“As a first year teacher at
Pleasant Park Public School,
I wanted to do something to
help those less fortunate and
to have my students involved,”
said Thibault.
Previously the project has
raised money through bake
sales and the money went
towards helping children in
Haiti and Ethiopia.
“We sold greeting cards
made by students.
It is fundraising made
through the sale of greeting
cards,” said Thibault.
“Most students in those
countries have to break a pencil in a half to be able to share
it or they have to take the
notes and then erase the page
so they can reuse the paper.”
Thibault has had his shares
of struggles in life.
He had a stroke when he
was seven, was type one diabetic at the age of 14 and at 21
he was diagnosed with celiac
disease.
“I have struggled not severely, but I know what it is
to face adversity and I think,
if I had no one to support me it
would have been the worst experience of my life,” he said.
“To be able to support people in need, is something that
is important to me.”

Eddie Rwema

Her brain is like a little
computer database, ticking
off tasks as they’re completed. She’s also great at
taking advantage of snippets
of time, which most of us,
frankly, would spend lounging in a rocker.
Early morning, after
feeding the baby, when
everything is “under control”
(ie: kids have breakfast that
had been prepared the day
before and guests are rocking
comfortably with gourmet
coffees in-hand), she goes
for a 20-minute run. It’s
efficient, she’s cleared her
head and she’s powered up
for the day.
She pops the (extremely
contented, I might add)
infant into a bouncy chair,
while she chops up something for tomorrow night’s
dinner. Then she takes a
pause to go feed the baby,
have a conversation with
guests, set up a craft for her

older offspring or read to her
toddler.
The toddler and guests
now entertained, the baby
now full, she slips into the
kitchen (almost unnoticed)
and, I kid you not, whips up
a pumpkin cheesecake pie
from scratch. The secret,
she tells me, is she made
the pastry a few days ago in
anticipation.
Then she rests. We chat
again, she probably brings
me another gourmet coffee
– or, depending on the time
of day, a slightly stronger
cocktail. While I’m in the
bathroom for a moment,
(I’m guessing), she whips up
some stuffing.
But I realize her secret is
that she’s actually not “doing
it all,” as I thought at first
glance.
She makes trade-offs
between things that are
important and those that
really don’t matter; she’s
actually extremely good at
letting things go and also

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EMC news - One of city
council’s most impassioned
debates on Oct. 10 resulted in
the city lending its support for
a possible new casino in Ottawa.
The 19-5 city council vote
means the city will “signal
its interest” in a possible new
gambling facility somewhere
in Ottawa to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation,
an agency of the provincial
government. Any actual proposals from private developers willing to build a casino
wouldn’t arrive for another
year.
Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.
Scott Moffatt, one of the
councillors who voted “no,”
said the casino fix is in.
He was leaning towards
supporting the idea, but he
said that the more research
he did, the more he realized
it was a bad move for the
city and particularly his rural
ward, where people are supportive of the employment
and entertainment options at
the Rideau Carleton Raceway. Representatives from the
raceway have said they will
submit a bid to expand the facility into a casino, but Mayor
Jim Watson has signaled his
preference for a more urban
gaming facility. Paul Godfrey,
chairman of the gaming cor-

poration, has said he wants
to bring casinos “where the
people are.”
“It’s impossible for me to
support this and support the
Rideau Carleton Raceway,”
Moffatt said during the city
council debate on Oct. 10.
He said he has no faith in
the gaming corporation.
“They show no drive to
take into consideration what
we said (during the finance
and economic development
committee) on Oct. 2 about
the Rideau Carleton Raceway,” Moffatt said. “Unless
we only say, ‘Rideau Carleton
Raceway,’ they will come
back with anything but.”
No one on council was
willing to move a motion to
limit the lottery corporation’s
search to areas outside the
city’s core or specifically the
raceway site.
Bay Coun. Mark Taylor
was similarly reticent about
supporting the proposal, but
while he said he will treat the
lottery corporation “as an adversary,” he voted in favour.
UNKNOWNS

The councillors who voted
against the casino motion
said there are too many unknowns.
From the possible location
to the amount of revenue the
city could stand to see from a
casino, a lot of information is

City council votes 19-5 in favour of lending its support for a new casino in Ottawa on Oct. 10.
yet to come.
Capital Coun. David Chernushenko said there wasn’t
any evidence or research in
favour of a casino that could
outweigh the cacophony of
negative comments from his

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constituents.
“Once a big project gets
going, it becomes awfully
hard to apply the brakes,”
Chernushenko said.
Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess
said he had a “cynical feeling”
about the issue and asked why
Ottawa wouldn’t have started
discussing this topic sooner,
like many other Ontario municipalities. Still, he voted in
favour of looking at a potential casino.
“This is really going forward somewhat blinded,”
Holmes said before voting in
favour of continuing the process.
That miffed Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane
Deans, who said she couldn’t
understand the logic of her
reticent council colleagues
who were still willing to vote
for the idea of a casino.
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located.
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power over OLG’s casino
proposal; the city has the final
say on rezoning any land that
a proponent wants to build a
casino on.
But what is more vague
is the city’s level of influ-

ence over suggesting where it
would prefer to see a casino.
The gaming corporation
will run a call for proposals
and choose the best casino
plan and location.
Orléans Coun. Bob Monette
wanted to know whether
council could have any input
before that decision is made.
For instance, he asked if
the city could be presented
with the top three options, allowing council to indicate to
the gaming corporation which
one was most likely to be approved.
Bidding processes don’t
work that way, the mayor said.
He said it’s possible the gaming corporation would bring
forward its second-favourite
proposal in the event the city
rejected the top bid, but city
manager Kent Kirkpatrick
said he will have to talk to the
gaming corporation to clarify
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Ottawa gets an ash borer wake-up call
George Lamirande of Davey
Tree, said the longer the borers
are left to decimate a tree, the
more hazardous and therefore
costly it becomes to remove.
Furthermore, leaving an infected tree until it absolutely
must come down provides a
food source for the beetles to
continue to multiply in that
area.
“It’s critical for it to get
out of the way,” Lamirande
said.

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EMC news - Experts are
banking on a predator wasp to
beat a bug that’s devastating
Ottawa’s ash trees.
More than 50 concerned
residents gathered at a Federation of Citizens’ Associations
of Ottawa-Carleton forum at
the Overbrook Community
Centre on Oct. 9 to hear about
the devastating impact the
emerald ash borer on Ottawa’s
tree cover – and what could be
done to slow it down.
Currently, there is no way
to stop the beetle, which burrows under the bark of ash
trees, eventually killing them.
Pesticide injections at a cost
of a couple hundred dollars a
tree every two years can prolong a tree’s life, but so far,
there is no way to completely
beat the bug.
But there is hope, and the
experts asked for residents’
help to “hold the line” until it
can get here.
That hope will come in the
form of a wasp – the emerald
ash borer’s natural predator in
Asia. While the city has spoken very cautiously about the
possibility of introducing a
stingless wasp, experts at the
Oct. 9 forum said the wasp
is the only hope for North
America’s ash trees.
“It’s the way forward,” said
Bruce Gill, a federal research

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The Federation of Citizens’ Associations held a forum on the emerald ash borer at the
Overbrook Community Centre on Oct. 9.
scientist with the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency. “It’s
not a common pest in China
because they have a predator … We need to restore the
natural balance.”
The wasp is being tested
in several states south of the
border, but it could be more
than 10 years before it might
be brought to Canada. A federal agency could make an
application to try that method
here or a specific city could
apply and go through the pa-

perwork.
The process is so complicated, Gill said he’s crossing
his fingers than some of the
wasps will eventually fly north
and arrive in Canada as a “naturally occurring species.”
Until then, treating trees
will be critical, said Joe Meating, whose company, BioForest, produces the main (and
until recently, only) pesticide
used to combat the emerald
ash borer in Ottawa.
“We’re buying time for

predators to be introduced,”
Meating said. Early treatment
is key, he said, or there may be
nothing for the wasps to save,
if and when they are brought
to Canada.
Even if the wasp never
comes here, it’s not worth
waiting to treat or cut down
infected trees, said Sean
Barker, director of the Eastern
Ontario Arborists.
“It’s definitely going to cost
more later,” Barker said.
Another local arborist,

The experts said this year
marked a big wake-up call
about the emerald ash borer,
which was first identified in
Ottawa in 2008.
“I learned it takes a shock
to the system to get people to
notice,” Barker said.
Before 2012, there were “a
lot of whispers in the background,” but this year his
company has had three times
as many booking for free
treatments or removals.
Many of the residents in
attendance wanted to know
what they could do as neighbours and community associations to help fight the problem. Barker and Davey said
they are seeing – and encouraging – a trend of community
groups organizing a group
treatment, where a company
is hired to come and inject
or remove infected trees in

a concentrated area, such as
along a street. The neighbours are often able to negotiate group discounts that
way because the process is
more efficient, Barker said.
Besides that, neighbours
can just help spread the word,
all the experts said. It is estimated more than 20 per cent
of the tree cover in Ottawa is
ash, and many of those trees
are on private property. Educating neighbours about what
they can do to combat the big
is essential, Lamirande said.
FUNDING

The city has been putting
about $2 million per year
into treating and removing
city trees infected with emerald ash borer, and earlier this
summer city council approved
an extra $1 million for this
year.
Environment
committee
co-chairman Keith Egli attended the event and delivered
news that the committee will
be looking for $4 million in
funding to combat the emerald ash borer in 2013.
While James O’Grady of
the Federation of Citizens’ Associations said he was happy
to hear that the funding could
be going up, he added it won’t
be enough. The city will still
have to remove the dead trees
and replant new trees, and
those costs will only rise.

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EMC news - The latest designs for a new mural project
in Optimiste Park have been
approved by the members of
the Vanier Community Association executive.
Spearheaded by the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal
Health, the mural project will
showcase what youth living in
the area would like to see at
the park.
Wabano’s coordinator for
the project, Christine Head,
brought in the preliminary
design to see if the association board members approved
of the colours and concept,
which they did within minutes.
“I think it is a great idea, it
looks marvelous,” said board
member Geoff Derry.
The mural will cover the
Genest Street-facing wall of
the Optimiste Park’s pool
house. It will incorporate aboriginal culture, park favourites and elements of youthful
imagination.
“There will be animals
throughout the mural,” Head
said. “They will be on the play
structure equipment; they will
show what the kids want in
the park.”
One type of animal which

will be featured, Head said
will be a bear.
Some of the “must haves”
for young people include a
new play structure, benches,
and better designated areas to
play or skateboard.
The concept for the mural
was created during a community fundraiser event when
youth from the area drew on
one large piece of paper and
ideas presented in the draft
design were taken from that
session.
Wabano is covering the
costs of the project, including
the cost of two professional
artists, who have agreed to
help the children at a low fee.
The centre has applied for
a larger funding grant, which
Head said would help recover
the costs of the project and
properly pay for the professional artists’ time.
The project is but one of
the activities organized by the
community to help rejuvenate
the park. The community association supported a development at 222 Beechwood Ave.
working with the developer to
receive funding for the park.
If the developer, Domicile’s
condominium building at 222
Beechwood Ave. is built, the
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afraid of being poisoned that
he had several servants taste
his food before he ate it. By
the time the soup reached
him, it was cold. He liked it
so much that he had it served
cold from then on. That
– supposedly – is why the
creamy French potato soup,
vichysoisse, is always served
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While the rest of us picked
story books, mine with pictures, Emerson always wanted
a book about buildings. Now,
there wasn’t a large choice
of books on buildings at the
Renfrew library, and that day
Emerson found one, all about
some huge structure in Italy, it
changed his life drastically.
Emerson loved buildings.
Mother managed somehow
to buy him big pads of plain
white paper and he spent
hours drawing buildings. We
would watch him at the old
pine table at night drawing towers of glass. Poor
Emerson, we’d say. Who ever
heard of glass buildings? Who
ever heard of towers made
completely of windows and
some with elevators going up
the outside? We’d think how
odd Emerson was, not like the
rest of us who were content
to look through the Eaton’s
catalogue or play cars. No,
Emerson drew buildings.
The book was all about
some strange building in
Italy, called the Tower of Pisa.
Emerson was spellbound, not
because it was so tall and was
built in some strange country,
but because it had a lean to it.

MARY COOK
Mary Cook’s Memories
He sat at the table every night
gazing at the Tower of Pisa
and even drew it on his white
sheets of paper. Little did we
know at the time what he had
in mind.
“We have one just like it.
Right here on this here farm,”
he announced after about three
nights of gazing at the pictures
in the book. No one paid him
any heed.
It was the next day -- a
Saturday. Emerson, after his
chores had been done, came
in to the house and gathered
up his sheets of paper and the
book on the Tower of Pisa and
headed outside.
“I have something to show
you,” he announced to anyone
within earshot. Earl and I were
the only ones interested and
we followed Emerson with his
sheets of paper through the
summer kitchen. He headed
right for the silo. There was an
old stump beside the silo -- I
wouldn’t go near it with a 10foot pole because that’s where

the chickens got the axe.
Emerson knew I hated that
part of the barn yard, so he
went down the hill a few paces
and beckoned Earl and me to
follow. The silo was in front of
us. Emerson held up his pencil
and squinted as he leveled it in
his eyesight.
“See how the silo tilts?
Just like that one in Italy. I
wouldn’t be one bit surprised
if whoever built it used the
same plans as the tower in
Italy. And maybe even had a
hand in helping building this
one here.”
While that made perfect
sense to me, Earl was much
less impressed.
“The one in Italy is made
of stone,” Earl said. “This
here silo is made of old pieces
of lumber and Emerson, you
know as well as I do that the
reason it’s tilted is because it’s
over 100 years old and was
built on a bit of a hill.”
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Besides, he added, “our
great grandfather built the
silo when he came from
Germany. This here silo has
nothing to do with a building
in Italy.”
Now, as well as liking to
draw buildings, Emerson
also liked to hold funerals
for anything that passed
away on the farm. Dead
birds found out on the grass,
even a frog that was found
in a rain barrel at the back of
the house, were all subjected
to Emerson’s idea of a fitting
funeral.
Again, Audrey and Everett
refused to have any part of
Emerson’s idea of a proper
burial, but Earl and I being
the youngest of the children,
were riveted to any crazy
scheme our brother had that
would add a bit of excitement to our lives on that
farm in Northcote.
I had no idea if Emerson
made it up or if it was actually in the book from the
library, but he said funerals

were held in front of the
Leaning Tower of Pisa and
from now on, any funeral he
would be conducting would
be in front of our old wood
silo. Just like they had in
front of the Leaning Tower
of Pisa.
Well, as luck would have
it, a few days later, Mother
had ordered Everett to get
some chickens to take into
her customers in Renfrew.
That meant a trip to the
stump behind the silo.
Emerson decided these poor
chickens needed a proper funeral and we would all meet
behind the silo as Everett
wielded the axe.
I was having no part of it.
Earl, who was as squeamish
as I was when it came to
beheading the chickens, said
he had chores to do and the
last I saw of Earl he was
heading for the barn. I was
already getting on an apron
in the kitchen and looking
for something to do.
Emerson showed his
disgust by stomping outside
with his papers in hand,

heading for the silo, looking
for something to bury. There
wasn’t a dead bird or any
other dead critter in sight and
he had to give up on the idea
of holding a funeral in front
of the silo that day, because
Everett said if he came
within a country mile of the
stump, Emerson could help
with the slaughter.
Well, Emerson was as
squeamish as Earl and me
and the only thing he was
interested in burying or
holding a funeral for was
something that was already
dead.
We were all saved from
another discussion about
future funerals held behind
the silo, because like everyone else who borrowed
a book from the Renfrew
library, Emerson had to take
the book about the Leaning
Tower of Pisa back in a week
or pay a cent for every day it
was overdue.
It was the last we heard
of the likeness between our
old tilted silo and some stone
tower in Italy.

EMC news - Mayor Jim
Watson was all smiles on Oct.
11 as he officially handed off
Lansdowne Park construction
duties to the Ottawa Sport and
Entertainment Group.
As part of the event, he and
OSEG partner Roger Greenberg signed a ceremonial wall
plaque finalizing the partnership between the city and
business group.
While some preliminary
work has already been done
on the project to redevelop the
city-owned property, contractor Pomerleau Inc. was sched-

uled to begin work in earnest
on Oct. 15.
As Watson and Greenberg,
joined by city councillors and
other OSEG partners, gathered to sign the plaque, they
had two items dug out of the
archives to set the tone for the
historic moment.
Both Russ Jackson’s helmet
and a 1976 Grey Cup football
were present, reflecting some
of the history the partnership
said it is looking to re-establish.
“This is an important day in
the history of our city,” Watson said. “It’s exciting to see
what has started over the summer.”
With the south side bleachers torn down, it’s left the
north-versus-south-side
bleacher arguments on pause
until the new stadium is complete.
“Memories like that have
sustained us a group,” Green-

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1976 Grey Cup game. “It’s returning those memories.”
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completed, will play host to
Canadian Football League and
professional soccer teams, as
well as the Ottawa 67s.
The plans for the park include underground parking,
shops, homes, restaurants and
recreational facilities.
Watson said that national
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design and engineering have
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“The park has a special
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dry on the deal to renovate
Lansdowne Park.
City council voted 20-3 to
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way for one of the largest construction projects in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
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voted against the final report,
as did Gloucester-Southgate
Coun. Diane Deans and Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes.
Holmes said she is concerned that the city is handing over the reins of a piece of
public land to private develop-

ers.
Deans said the partnership is
the most difficult, complicated
deal the city has ever entered
into and she is not certain itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a
good thing for taxpayers.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately I think our taxpayers are going to be paying
the price for many, many years
to come,â&#x20AC;? Deans said.
Chernushenko said that despite his opposition to the project, he acknowledges it will be
moving forward and has been
focused on making it the best
it can be.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to make sure it
works for them (Glebe residents) and that it was not on
their backs this was built,â&#x20AC;? he
said.
Chernushenko called on
his council collegues to support important transportation
and transit plans that will be
essential to making the development work, including a
planned $17.5-million footbridge over the Rideau Canal,
connecting the Glebe and Old
Ottawa East.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a cost to it,
but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential,â&#x20AC;? he said.
Mayor Jim Watson said it
was a proud moment for him
because it shows council can
get things done at city hall.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public said stop dithering
and start digging,â&#x20AC;? Watson
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for perfection
is going to kill any project â&#x20AC;Ś
It hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been easy, but in the
end, it will be magnificent.â&#x20AC;?

File photo

On Oct. 10, city council voted 20-3 to give final approval
for a half-billion-dollar deal to revitalize Lansdowne Park
in the Glebe. The site is seen above on April 30, before
construction began.
City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said the rigorous design
review panel process â&#x20AC;&#x153;established a new level of urban designâ&#x20AC;? for the city.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;(It is) expanding our understanding of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible
in Ottawa,â&#x20AC;? Kirkpatrick said.
Orleans
Coun.
Bob
Monette, a longtime supporter
of the project, said the redevelopment and the addition of
football will make Lansdowne
a tourist destination.
Watson reiterated his argument that the public-private redevelopment will replace 0.73
hectares of asphalt with public
spaces and a park. He said the
project will also â&#x20AC;&#x153;close the
gapâ&#x20AC;? between the communi-

ties of Old Ottawa South and
the Glebe.
Football is scheduled to begin in 2014, and the timelines
will be tight. The project has
faced 18 months of delays
due to the design review panel
asking for tweaks to the project and two legal challenges
brought forward by the Friends
of Lansdowne and the Lansdowne Park Conservancy.
Kirkpatrick said the construction schedule will be a
â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated danceâ&#x20AC;? that will
mainly hinge on the construction schedule for the parking
garage, but the timing allows
for typical delays that might
result from weather or other
minor issues.

EMC news - A tree canopy
project taking place in Old Ottawa South plans to identify
types of trees growing in area
parks and the value the trees
offer the neighbourhood and
city.
On Oct. 11, a group of Old
Ottawa South residents, Carleton University students, officials from the Rideau Valley
Conservation Authority and
Heather Hamilton, a former
forests and green space advisory committee chairwoman,
gathered to count the tree canopy in Brewer Park.
Hamilton said she got involved because she was looking for a fun community proj-

ect and since the city is only
taking stock of street trees but
not in parks, it was just right.
“We’re filling in the gap.”
she said.
The objective of the project,
which is also taking a canopy
count in Windsor Park, is to
use the data collected to prepare a report which will include information on all the
trees in the park. The report
will include location maps
and global positioning system
data, pictures, species and size
of the trees.
“It would be nice for us to
get a picture from both the
neighbourhood and city perspective,” Hamilton said. “To
see how much parks are contributing to the overall health
of the city.”

She explained such factors
as a tree’s contribution to controlling storm water run-off,
air pollution and local weather
temperatures.
“Without trees, it would be
hotter, more polluted and your
basement might be flooded,”
Hamilton said.
The catalyst for this project has been the emerald ash
borer. The beetle has burrowed itself in ash trees all
over the city and as a result
thousands have been lost. For
Mike Lascelles, chairman of
the Ottawa South Community Association environment
committee, this project will
help the neighbourhood have
a better understanding of what
types of trees are in the parks
and whether any existing ash
trees are healthy.
This canopy count will help
the Old Ottawa South community have an idea the amount

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Carleton University student Erika Rose is helping with a
tree-identifying project which will count the tree canopy
in city parks.
of trees that will potentially be
lost in the parks.
“We can put a plan together
to replace the trees, if need
be,” he said. “Things are re-

ally in tough shape there (at
Windsor Park), with 30 to 40
emerald ash that are on death
row, wind damaged trees and
vandalized trees.”
Planting is nothing new for
Lascelles and the environment
committee. More than 15 years
ago, he and other members of
the neighbourhood planted
around 300 trees in Brewer
Park, along the river, in an effort to protect the habitat. The
only thing is, at the time, they
did not keep a record of what
species were planted, so now
they are taking note of the
diversity, which is a difficult
task,

Scott Danford and Dan
Cooper from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
are also helping with the project.
“Sometimes it can be very
hard, these guys are the experts, it is great to have them,”
Lascelles said.
Erika Rose, a fourth year
environmental sciences student at Carleton is one of the
students participating.
For Rose, being out in the
field is the best kind of experience she can get and having the opportunity to do her
research in Brewer Park, her
neighbourhood, is even better.
“I thought it would be cool
to do something in the neighbourhood where I interact
and live,” Rose said. “It is
better than just reading about
it. Here you are in the field,
learning first hand.”
The project, Hamilton said
is something neighbourhoods
across the city can also start.
“Anyone can do this, as
long as you can access some
sort of expert for the identifying,” Hamilton said. “Certain
aspects are not difficult, and
some keen naturalists could
do it.”
The group will complete
the Brewer Park and Windsor
Park counts, Hamilton said,
by mid-October.

PARTY WITH SESAME STREET ON SATURDAY!
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Street friends! Decorate your own mini-pumpkin and join our DJ for a dance party. Make sure to keep
your camera handy for appearances by Walkaround Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby!

Founded in 1908, Saint Elizabeth is a trusted name in Canadian
health care and a leader in responding to client, family and
system needs. As an award-winning not-for-proﬁt and charitable
organizaon, Saint Elizabeth is known for its track record of social
innovaon, applied research and breakthrough clinical pracces
in home and community care. Our team of 6,500 nurses, rehab
therapists and personal support workers deliver more than ﬁve
million health care visits annually. Our Foundaon is dedicated to
raising funds for the advancement of knowledge and charitable
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Personal Support Workers – Part-me
You will be responsible for assisng clients with acvies of
personal care and household management – PSW Cerﬁcate and
own transportaon is required, and must be available to work
days, evenings & alternate weekends.
Posions available in Oawa, Orleans, Kanata, Manock &
Outlying Areas.

CAREER
OPPORTUNITY

CDS Building Movers
is expanding its lead team
and requires a new team
member with 5 years AZ
Experience and some proven time on equipment.
Driving floats and wide
loads will be part of the required work. The specialized work at CDS is both
interesting and varied. If
you are looking to join a
great team, enjoy being
outside, want to learn a new
trade, CDS has just the
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candidate will be willing and
able to work in a heavy duty
construction environment,
be conversationally bilingual (English/French) and
be able to provide references and a clean drivers abstract. Pay commensurate
with experience. Our shop
is located in Stittsville. Email:
john@cdsmovers.com

Bilingual Customer Care
Agent
Ezipin Canada is seeking an
energetic,
organized and
self
motivated individual
with a sincere interest in
ensuring superior customer
satisfaction.
Duties include;
training
customers
via
phone,
responding to inbound
requests,
troubleshooting
and
participating
in
outbound call initiatives.
Knowledge of Excel and any
customer
management
software is a definite asset.
A minimum of 1 year
customer
care
experience and fluency in
French and English is
mandatory.
This is a full- time,
permanent day
position
in west
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offers a competitive salary
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Please
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Diploma required.
Please submit resumes by email to
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Men’s
Morning
Hockey
Players & Goalies for recreational hockey, Mondays and
Fridays (1 or 2 days a week)
8-9 am at Bell Sensplex from
October 15th to April 29th. Call
Ian 613-761-3261 or email
ian@exelcontracting.ca

RENFREW HYDRO INC.
POWER LINE TECHNICIAN / MAINTAINER
or 4th or 3rd year APPRENTICE
Renfrew Hydro Inc. maintains and distributes electrical power to approx. 4,200 residential and commercial
customers within the Town of Renfrew. While we are currently seeking a certified powerline technician
maintainer, we will consider candidates who are a 3rd or 4th year Apprentice to assist our crew in their
day to day operations.
Under the direction of the Crew leader, the power line maintainer or 4th or 3rd year apprentice will be
responsible for all duties related to overhead, underground and distribution circuits, 44kV and below.
Qualified applicants who meet the following criteria will be considered:
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Grade 12 diploma
Journeyman Powerline Technician Certification licensed to work in Ontario or be a 4th or 3rd
year Apprentice
Valid Class “D” Drivers License with a Class “Z” Air Brake Endorsement with an excellent driving
record
Competent in the construction, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of the electrical
distribution, both overhead and underground.
Ability to read and interpret distribution system construction drawings and supporting
documents.
Knowledge of E&USA Safety Rules, Occupational Health & Safety Act and its regulations and
Reg.22/04, Utility Protection Code
Current certificate in CPR, First Aid and WHMIS would be considered an asset.
Must be physically able to perform the essential duties for year-round outdoor line work including
regular standby duties and responding to emergency call-outs in all elements.
Must have strong written and oral communication skills
Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationship with internal/external
customers and electrical industry partners.

The successful applicant is expected to reside within 15 minute normal travel time of the Town of
Renfrew.
Renfrew Hydro Inc. offers a competitive wage and benefits package in accordance with the Collective
Agreement.
Qualified applicants should forward a complete resume stating their education, work experience and
references in confidence by __October 31, 2012 ____ to:
Renfrew Hydro Inc.
29 Bridge St.
Renfrew, Ontario
K7V 3R3
Email: info@renfrewhydro.com
Attention: President
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Metroland Media Group & the EMC
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The successful individual will have
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Ladoo is 2 years old and requires monthly medication.
Her family is heartbroken. One member of her family is ailing
and is desperate to ďŹ nd her and bring her home.
Substantial reward offered for her safe return or information
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If you are caring for her, the family is deeply grateful but is
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Skeggs then introduced a
Glenfarclas scotch from Speyside, which has the highest
concentration of distilleries in
Scotland. He said it was sweet
with notes of fruit because it
was aged in sherry casks. He
paired it with chocolate.
The ďŹ nal dram was also
paired with something sweet
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a butter tart â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to go with the
port ďŹ&#x201A;avours in the Glenmorangie scotch from the Highlands.
Mill manager Isabelle
Geoffrion said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to host
formal events like whisky tastings, because regular visitors
get a chance to see the mill in
a different light.
The heritage building was
glowing with warm candle
light to guard against the
chilly autumn air outside.

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Martin Petersons, Steve Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Halloran and Bruce Engel, all from Greely, enjoy a flight of
whisky at Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill.

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Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m.
Nursery and Sunday School
October 21st: Agree? Again! A renewed covenant
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EMC news â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rich aromas
of smoky whisky and gourmet
appetizers ďŹ lled Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill
on Thursday, Oct. 11, when
about 45 people gathered to
try a taste of Scotland.
Whisky sommelier Geoffrey Skeggs led the tasting
sessions, which included four
types of single malt scotch
whisky.
He paired them with a va-

riety of appetizers provided
from the Mill Tavern in
Manotick.
He began with a 10-yearold whisky from the Springbank area of Scotland, which
he said was lesser known as
a scotch region. He said the
scotch he chose is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a tour of
Scotland in a single glassâ&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it features aromas of smoke,
fruit and cereal. He paired it
with an apple-wood smoked
cheddar.
The second dram was
Bruichladdichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port Charlotte whisky from the island
of Islay. He described it as
â&#x20AC;&#x153;peatyâ&#x20AC;? with aromas of plastic bandaids and seaweed. He
paired it with candied ginger,
because he said strong whiskies need strongly ďŹ&#x201A;avoured
food pairings.

Overbrook library
celebrates 50 years
Room to be dedicated to first bilingual chief librarian
michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - The St. Laurent branch library will dedicate a room to renowned children’s author and Ottawa’s
ﬁrst bilingual chief librarian
Claude B. Aubry at its 50th
anniversary celebrations.
The Overbrook library celebration will take place on
Oct. 20 at the branch, located
at 515 Côté Dr., beginning at
10:15 a.m. Mayor Jim Watson will be in attendance to
dedicate the children’s programming room to the city’s
fourth chief librarian Claude
B. Aubry.
Suzanne Matte has been organizing the event for the Ottawa Public Library.
“A plaque will be unveiled
to commemorate his role as
godfather of the branch,” she
said. “Additionally, and importantly, the program room
will be dedicated to and
named for Aubry.”
Aubry, only 38 years old
at the time, was Ottawa’s
youngest, ﬁrst bilingual and
ultimately
longest-serving

chief librarian, serving in the
position from 1953 to 1979.
An author of English books
for both children and young
adults, copies remain on display at the branch and have
been translated into French
and Chinese for young readers.
Aubry died in 1984 at the
age of 70.
The St. Laurent branch
ﬁrst opened its doors on Mutual Street in June 1962. At
the time, building the branch
was expected to cost about
$100,000 and city council
borrowed $70,000 to cover
those costs. It was the growing interest in the library
which led to its expansion and
move down the street to Côté
Drive in 1996, when the city
expanded the indoor rink and
built the Don Gamble Community Centre.
The children’s programming room was the part of that
expansion.
“An important part of the
new plan was the large program room accessible from
both the main entrance and the
children’s library,” she said.

Aubry’s daughter, Dr. Monique Frize will be in attendance at the Oct. 20 dedication. A grandfather bench has
been purchased as part of the
dedication and will be located
just outside the side entrance
of the library. The bench’s
statute image is of a kindly
older man who invites a child
to join him on the bench, while
he reads them a story.
The events for the day will
include performances by La
Ridaine, Folkloric music and
Luc Leduc the Duke of Magic.
Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun.
Peter Clark will also be in attendance and will provide the
refreshments for the event. For
more information about the
event please call the St. Laurent Branch at 613-748-1531,
ext. 3 followed by ext. 2 for
the adult information desk.

DRIVERS NEEDED TO TAKE PATIENTS
TO CANCER TREATMENT.
Volunteer drivers are needed to take people to the hospital for
cancer treatments. If you have a car and a day to spare,
please call (613) 723-1744.

Have your say!
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The person in the picture is an actual cancer survivor who volunteered his time.

Pet Adoptions

PET OF THE WEEK

JEWEL

TOOQUE

ID# A147860

Jessica

Time to make
a grooming
appointment

ID # A057266

JEWEL - This spayed
female, gray and white Shih
Tzu is about 7 years old. She
has been at the shelter since
August 27 when she was
brought in as a stray.
Jewel is on the shy side, but
loves to cuddle once she gets
to know you. She gets along
well with other dogs who are
similar in size and energy. She
needs a calm home with teens

and adults. Jewel is a special
needs dog because she suffers
from arthritis pain. She is on
pain medication, which she
will need to continue after she
is adopted, possibly for the
rest of her life. Jewel’s new
family should take her to their
veterinarian to prescribe pain
medication and to discuss
treatment options that may
slow the progression of her

arthritis.
If you are looking for
a senior dog, with lots of
character and love to share,
then come to the OHS
Adoption Centre and meet
Jewel!
TOOQUE - This neutered
male, brown and white tabby
cat is approximately 6 years
old. She was surrendered to
the shelter by her owner on

August 14.
Tooque loves to play with
toys and people. He has a
very friendly disposition and
gets along well with other
cats. He has also lived with
a dog for a short while. He’s
learned to come when you
“click” your tongue and
would be happy to come live
with you, but always indoors
please where it’s safe!

Care of the older pet

their tired bones. Some
older pets may have difﬁculty
climbing stairs. For cats,
moving a litter box for easier
access away from stairs is a
helpful change. Cats should
always be kept indoors for
their own safety.
Grooming
Older dogs and cats tend to
groom themselves less often
and this can lead to tangled
fur and skin problems. Be
sure that you or a professional
groomer tends to your pet, is
sensitive to joints that may
be stiff and looks out for
lumps, bumps or changes in
the skin. Keeping nails short
allows your pet to walk more
comfortably, especially if
arthritis is a factor.
Preventative Care
Exercise in moderation is
one aspect of preventative
care for aging pets. Keep
your dog or cat going as they

get older. If they are cooped
up or kept lying down, their
bodies will deteriorate more
quickly. You may want to
ease up a bit on the exercise
with an arthritic cat or dog.
Keep them active mentally
and physically to keep them
sharp.
Take note of any
behavioural changes such
as appetite, thirst and
elimination habits. Report any
changes to your veterinarian.
Chronic conditions such as
diabetes and kidney disease
are common in older pets
and can affect the amount of
water your pet drinks. Plenty
of fresh water should be
always be available. Monitor
your pet’s intake.
Schedule regular veterinary
examinations – it’s one of the
most important steps you can
take to keep your senior pet
in good health. These exams

can catch and delay the onset
or progress of disease and
can help in the early detection
of problems such as arthritis.
Healthy senior pets should
visit the veterinarian every six
months
Senior pets are special
friends who deserve to have
their remaining time, quality
time.

As pets get older, there are
many ways owners can ease
the aging process for their
cat or dog. Your senior pet
will need special attention in
these areas:
Nutrition
Obesity in pets is often
the result of reduced exercise
and overfeeding and puts
your pet at risk for heart
disease. Obesity also puts
strain on the joints. As a result
of their decreased activity,
older pets have lower calorie
requirements. Special foods
with less protein and fewer
calories can help keep your
pet’s weight under control.
Consult your veterinarian for
a balanced diet that will meet
the needs of your pet.
Shelter
Owners can provide a
warm, quiet, soft place to help
their pet sleep and cushion

It Takes A long Time
to Get This Sweet
Adopting an older pet
is making an important
statement about compassion.
Many older animals come
into shelters because their
owners have died, gone into
seniors’ residences or moved
to apartments that do not
allow pets. Older pets have
been around and if you
provide them with a good
home, they’ll recognize it and
appreciate it!

Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion
animals available for adoption. Featured animals are
adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal
from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us:
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EMC sports - For top female hockey players, it’s as
much about the athletics as it
is the academics.
University and college level
play is the main goal for most
junior competitive players.
“For the girls, the highest
level they can basically play
other than Team Canada is
college,” said Nepean Junior
Wildcats head coach Dave
MacDonald. “It’s what I
would call their NHL.”
MacDonald has put a heavy
emphasis on performance off
the ice, in the classroom, for
his players.
His players are in the right
league to get recruited to a
university program, playing
in the 20-team Provincial
Women’s Hockey League.
“It’s great to be a good
hockey player, but first of all
you have to be a good student,” MacDonald said. “The
academics are the most important thing for these kids.”
American schools need to
see strong standardized testing results and high school
grades before offering players
scholarships.
While players on the team
range in age, the majority on
this year’s team are Grade 12
students. Though it’s a Nepean
team, training at the Nepean
Sportsplex and doing dryland
training at Scotiabank Place
in Kanata, players come from
all over the region to play for
the Wildcats, one of two Ottawa teams in the PWHL.
The
Ottawa
Senators
Women’s Hockey Club also
has a team in the league who

BRIER DODGE/METROLAND

Cassie Campeau practices at the Nepean Sportsplex on
Oct. 9 with the Nepean Wildcats hockey team. The team
is one of two Ottawa teams to play in the Provincial
Women’s Hockey League. Campeau is captain of the |
Nepean Wildcats.

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Josianne Pozzebon of Bourget practices at the Nepean Sportsplex on Oct. 9 with the
Nepean Wildcats hockey team. The team is one of two Ottawa teams to play in the
Provincial Women’s Hockey League.
the Wildcats face.
MacDonald said there are a
growing number of opportunities for women to play uni-

versity level hockey in Canada. Nipissing University and
Laurentian University have
just started new women’s

teams this year.
MacDonald played hockey for Laurentian University; hockey carried his own

daughter through a successful
career with the Carleton University Ravens team.
As a new coach for the
Wildcats, he wants to bring
his experience with the university system to the players
to make sure they have the option to play hockey in future
years.
“I know what it takes to get
there,” he said. “I know what
a student athlete has to do to
be successful, and that experience is very valuable.”
Two players from this
year’s team are also playing
for the provincial team, with
Lauren Miller from Brockville on the first team, Team
Red, and Kanata’s Taylor
Thurston on the second team,
Team Blue. Three more players made it to the selection
camp.
It will hopefully help the
team when the provincial
championship comes to their
own backyard. This year’s
championship tournament is
being help in Ottawa in conjunction with the women’s
world championship.

It will be a nice break from
the frequent travel the team
makes to play Toronto-area
teams, hitting the road almost
every other Thursday night
to travel for games or tournaments.
MacDonald hopes the team
will make at least the semifinal round and finish in the top
four teams in the league. Despite a 16th-place finish last
year, about three-quarters of
this year’s team is new to the
Wildcats.
“This will be a big year for
us,” he said.
He thinks they have it
in them, with a group that
he said is very close, and
committed to one another.
“They get along extremely
well,” he said. “Basically,
they’re a great group of girls
to coach and very talented.”
But what it comes down to
at the end of the day is hard
work on the rink, balanced
with hard work off it.
“That’s what we have to
stress as a coaching staff – the
education has to be number
one,” said MacDonald.

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City of Ottawa Pools offer
something for everyone!

The City of Ottawa invites you
to escape from the cold into one
of our indoor pools. Winter is a
great time to improve skills, learn
something new, or take on a new
fitness challenge. City of Ottawa
pools offer something for all ages!
Parents and their infants/ toddlers
can enjoy some time together in
swimming lessons for children
ages three months to three years.
Classes focus on water orientation,
building confidence, socialization,
and learning through games.
Important water safety messages
for parents are incorporated
throughout the program.
Water safety starts with learning
to swim. City of Ottawa pools offer
swimming lessons for children of
all ages. Pre-schoolers and children
can progress through the Red Cross
program improving their swimming
strokes and skills, making new
friends, and developing skills that
can lead to a life-long appreciation
for water-related activities. Youth
and adult lessons are also available
for those looking at taking on a new
challenge or improve on existing
skills.

Lifeguards needed

Are you a young adult looking
for a challenging part-time job?
Become a Lifeguard! The City of
Ottawa offers all of the required
courses to become a Lifeguard
and Swimming Instructor and
employs hundreds of youth in the
community who have completed
the required training.

Aquafitness classes

Looking for a new fitness challenge?
Try Aquafitness! Water provides
excellent resistance training while
minimizing impact. A great activity
for cross training, or as a fun
alternative to your existing fitness
program.
In addition a wide variety of lane,
public and wave swims are available
and offer the perfect reason to
escape the cold and enjoy all that
City of Ottawa swimming pools
have to offer. For more information
about program opportunities or
public swimming times contact
your local community pool or visit
ottawa.ca.

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South Ottawa bantam boys – ages 12 and under – set off through the woods near the
Nepean Sportsplex on Oct. 11 during a junior cross-country meet for public schools. Top
runners in the boys and girls categories qualify for a regional meet on Oct. 18.

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EMC news - Concerns surrounding development, walkability, park revitalizations
and transportation are all up
for discussion at Vanier’s first
Neighbourhood Connections
office forum on Nov. 3.
The event will be held at the
Richelieu-Vanier Community
Centre from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It
is being promoted as a forum
where community members
and leaders can speak with
city staff about zoning, arts
and culture, development and
sustainable transportation in
the area.
Mike Bulthuis, president of
the Vanier Community Association, announced at an Oct.
9 meeting that this forum will
offer residents a great opportunity to address issues to city
staff.
“The community can look
at how they want to move forward,” he said. “This is a fairly
significant undertaking.”
Bulthuis added the forum will also give residents
a chance to hear about new
projects coming to Vanier.
Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said the event
will give residents a chance to
address some key concerns or
zoning issues in the area.
“It is not about developing a CDP (community design plan), but
about looking at zoning areas and
development
opportuni-

ties,” Fleury said.
An example the councillor
offered residents at the association’s meeting was that of
Montgomery Street. There a
number of homes have turned
entire backyards into parking
spaces, used for three office
buildings along McArthur.
Fleury noted that this is the
type of change the community
could highlight to city staff.
The forum will sit residents
and city staff together at tables to participate in a number
of different discussions about
the city.
Bulthuis said the event will
allow for residents to speak
on multiple issues of concern
for the area in one place.
The forum is being organized through the city’s recently created Neighbourhood
Connection Office as a way to
help community groups get
involved in improving their
neighbourhoods.
Created in the wake of the
city’s planning summit held
back in April, the role of the
office is to address neighbourhood-level projects, like
as making streets more walkable, revitalizing parks, or
introducing artistic initiatives
such as street painting.

One of the ways the office
will do this is with a new program, called “Better Neighbourhoods,” which will support small-scale communitydriven projects.
Not every neighbourhood
may meet the criteria for a
community design plan or
other forms of major planning
consultation, but there are
opportunities for neighbourhood-level projects such as
this forum in Vanier.
While this forum is the first
of its kind, the office is already
rolling out a much larger pilot
project in the Woodpark and
Woodroffe North neighbourhoods, where the new program will be tested before it
is expanded to three or four
additional neighbourhoods in
2013.
Registration for the Vanier
forum began on Oct. 10 and is
free, but space is limited. Residents can register online at
www.ottawa.ca/forumvanier,
pick up and complete a form
at Quartier Vanier, 287 Montreal Rd. the Vanier Community Service Centre, 290 Dupuis St. or at the RichelieuVanier Community Centre,
300 White Fathers Ave.
A completed form can also
be sent to the Vanier Community Forum/Neighbourhood
Connection Office, 110
Laurier Ave. West, 3rd
floor east, K1P 1J1.
Registration closes on
Oct. 26.
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Linda Cristina, planning and
growth management department at 613-580-2424, ext.
25070.
Lunch will be provided at
the event.
Residents can also send
ideas for discussion to the Vanier Community Association
at vca-acv@gmail.com.

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Find out what is going in
your neighbourhood during
the Findlay Creek Community Association Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
from 6:30-7 p.m. at the Fred
Barrett Arena. The AGM
is open to members and
non-members. Following
the AGM, a town hall will
take place from 7:00-9:00
p.m. FCCA members are
welcome to attend. Community representatives will
make short presentations and
answer questions. Memberships will be for sale from
6:15 to 6:30 p.m. For more
information visit www.FindlayCreek.ca or write to us at
events@FindlayCreek.ca

Oct. 20:

Why is creation waiting for
the Christians? Welcome
to a public lecture by Peter
Harris, founder of A Rocha at
7 p.m, at St. Paul University,
223 Main St. This lecture is
a great opportunity to engage
with the work of creation care
in Canada and around the
World. Come learn about A
Rocha’s hands-on approach
to biblical
environmental stewardship.

Oct. 21:

It is time to make our
Sjögren’s voices heard once
again while raising funds for
the second most common
rheumatologic disease after
rheumatoid arthritis. Get
in the spirit, wear blue and

white and meet us at Carlingwood Shopping Centre
near the Customer Service
desk (entrance 5, the north
east corner near Scotiabank
and RBC). Registration
begins at 1 p.m, and at 2 p.m
a group photo will be taken
before we set out to walk the
mall and raise awareness.
The first annual Ottawa Walk
for Sjögren’s is designed to
bring collective attention
to Sjögren’s syndrome and
highlight the need for increased research and support
for patients living with the
disease.

Stewart, recently retired from
the RCMP Musical Ride, on
his participation in Queen
Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.
Annual membership fee is
$5.00. For more information or to register call 613
733-3156.

Oct. 23:

Join us on Oct. 26 at Emmanuel United Church, 691
Smyth Rd., for a dinner from
6.30 p.m followed by Part
two of “Who Shot Sweet
Sue’s Spouse” - a live oldtime radio show. For more
information call 613-7330437 or visit www.emmanuelunited.ca.

Canadian Friends of Peace
Now, New Israel Fund of
Canada and Ameinu will host
the event, Saving Israel’s
Democracy, An Important
Talk on the Future of Zionism
by Peter Beinart, author of
The Crisis of Zionism on Oct.
23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Temple
Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales
Dr.

Oct. 24 :

Harmony Club for seniors
will meet on Oct. 24. This
club is run by volunteers and
held at Rideau Park United
Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr.
Seniors are welcome to join
in for cards or conversation
from 10:30 a.m. until noon,
when a delicious lunch will
be served for a cost of $6.00.
From 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.,
there will be a presentation by Sergeant Major Bill

Oct. 26-28:

Overeaters Anonymous invites you to attend the Region
6 2012 Convention in Ottawa.
Workshops will be provided
to help those with compulsive
eating behaviours. For more
information visit www.oaregion6.org/2012

Oct. 27:

Welcome to the fall bazaar at
the Anglican Church of the
Resurrection on
3191 Riverside Dr., 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. The bazaar will
feature bake table, puddings
and shortbreads, books
in portable, Lunchroom,
Jeweler, Silent Auction, rummage items, honey vendor
and many more. For more
information email churchresurrection@rogers.com or call
613-733-8185
Do you love to read? Then
you won’t want to miss the
Pleasant Park/Hawthorne Gi-

ant Used Book Sale Featuring
thousands of nearly new
books for all ages at great
prices. The sale runs from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pleasant
Park Public School, 564
Pleasant Park Rd., at Lynda
Lane. A bake sale, free coffee and children’s activities
make this a community event
with something for everyone.
For more information, or to
donate books, visit www.
pleasantparkps.ocdsb.ca or
call Laurel at 613-731-9678
or Anne at 613-260-5661.

Nov. 3:

Tinsel Tea & Bazaar at the
Gloucester Senior Adults’
Centre on Nov. 3 from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Attractions
include a tea room, bake sale,
straw draw, crafts, quilts,
knitting and crocheting,
art gallery, grocery basket,
Chinese raffle and a white
elephant section. Tickets for
the tea are $6. Admission is
free for the bazaar.
Nov. 7
Join the Miniature Enthusiasts of Ottawa and explore
the fine art of collecting
and creating ‘dollhouse’
miniatures. Woodworking,
fibre arts, fine art and dolls
in miniature. The monthly
meeting will take place at the
McNabb Community Centre
on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at
7:45. Free admission. Visitors
and new members are very
welcome. Refreshments will
be served.
Nov. 24
The Community Christian

School will host its annual
Christmas Craft and Gift
Show on Nov. 24 from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Community Christian School at 2681
Glen St. Metcalfe. There will
be a Christmas cookie decorating station for children,
as well as a canteen serving
a delicious luncheon and
refreshments for your enjoyment. Parking and admission
are free.

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Ongoing:

Gloucester South Seniors,
4550 Bank St., offers a full
schedule of activities every
week, including contract
bridge, carpet bowling,
euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The
club is easily accessible by
OC Transpo Route 144, and
offers free parking. For more
information call 613-8210414.

The City of Ottawa’s new
collection calendar is currently being delivered to homes.
Residents are encouraged to
watch for their calendar in the
mail, as it contains important
information regarding waste
collection. The new calendar
also provides information
about upcoming changes to
the City’s solid waste collection schedules. For more
information, please visit
ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1.
Enjoy unique and captivating
activities all summer long.
From donkey care to bread
making to afternoon milking
and ice cream making, there
is a daily demonstration sure
to please everyone. Visit
agriculture.technomuses.ca or
613-991-3044.
Alta Vista library presents an
exhibition of 19 self-portraits
by talented Ridgemont High
School visual arts students.
You are invited to view the
display throughout the summer. The library is located at
2516 Alta Vista Dr. For more
information, call 613-737-

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Ottawa South EMC - Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ottawa Newcomers’ Club
invites women new to Ottawa
to join its activities and meet
some new friends. Activities
include: bridge, scrabble,
walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, sightseeing,
travel cafes and craft hours.
For more information call
613-860-0548 or www.ottawanewcomers@hotmail.ca.

Carleton University’s bridging program offers mature
students a way to qualify
for university admission,
improve academic skills,
and build confidence. Only
$200 for a 12-week, part-time
course. Register now for
September. Call 613-5202600 ext. 1024 or visit www.
carleton.ca/cie.
Free skateboarding and sports
drop-in from Rural South
Recreation. From noon to 7
p.m., Tuesday to Sunday. Call
613-580-2424 ext. 30235 for
locations and more information or visit us on the web at
www.ottawa.ca/ruralsouth.
The Live and Learn Resource
Centre in Metcalfe has organized a number of playgroups
in the park throughout the
rural Ottawa South area this
summer. Kids and parents are
welcome to join staff from
Rural Family Connections
in the park for a few hours
of fun.
Programs for all ages at
Trinity Bible Church in
Osgoode begin in September.
Programs include family
night with courses and small
groups for adults, indoor
soccer, crafts, drama, or
nursery for children. Courses
and small groups are offered
on freed-up financial living,
eliminating debt, the Truth
Project, The Story, and Alpha
on different nights of the
week. For more information
or to register go to Courses
and Small Groups at www.
trinitybiblechurch.ca.

Taurus, there’s so much to get done this week that you
may not know where to begin. Making a list of your
responsibilities may help you get organized.
Gemini, you may be on the fence about making a large
purchase, but the stars indicate that now could be a good
time to buy and things will work in your favor financially.
Cancer, instead of rushing along through the daily grind,
take some time to slow down and enjoy the scenery along
the way. This will help you clear your head and relax.
Leo, the weekend will not be fun unless you finish up all
of your work at the office. Don’t procrastinate and leave all
the difficult tasks until next week.

Libra, whether feedback from work is positive or negative,
rest assured that hard work will ultimately garner some
recognition. Keep working hard and all will work out.
No one is going to know how you feel unless you speak up,
Scorpio. Don’t slink into the shadows; get out in the open
and have your voice heard.
Projects around the house seem to grow with every passing
day, Sagittarius. If you do not think you can get them all
done on your own, it may be time to hire a professional.
Experiencing car troubles, Capricorn? This may be the ideal
time to go shopping for a new vehicle. A new ride can lift your
spirits and put to rest those fears about your current vehicle.
Don’t work yourself silly, Aquarius. It’s good to be productive
and company-minded, but not if it comes at the price of
your health. Recharge before you tackle anything else.
Pisces, while it can be challenging to sit idle, lazy days
are very often great ways to catch up on some rest and
personal time.

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puzzle answers in
next weeks issue
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Virgo, there are serious things to consider with respect to
your family life, and not all of the conversations will go
your way. Be patient and work through everything a little
at a time.

Aries, you may need some creative strategies to clear up
some conflicts in your schedule this week. You must be
quite popular since you have so much going on.

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